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Preparing for Bone Marrow Transplant: My mind is racing
Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) & CAR-T Cell Therapy | Last Active: Sep 8 11:10am | Replies (45)Comment receiving replies
@avaleir
My husband is preparing to go through a Bone Marrow Transplant in Jacksonville as well. He has high risk B-ALL. We don't have an exact date yet but they are thinking around mid August. His son is his donor and has already donated his cells. We live just outside of Jacksonville but not close enough to be within their criteria for the first 100 days. Do you know where you will be staying yet? We don't have exact dates yet so we can't set any housing up yet. I wish you the best. We have a great team here in Jacksonville.
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Hello,
I am set for BMT around the end of this month and staying in Jacksonville for the 100 days. I hope all works well with your BMT.
The ACS has recourses for housing/Transportation.
@clock456, how are you, your husband and son doing as the date approaches?
Hi @clock456 I wanted to follow up with you to see if your husband has had his stem cell transplant yet or if he’s on the docket? Any update?
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Welcome to Connect, @clock456 I had my transplant in Mayo-Rochester so I’m not familiar with Jacksonville. You’ve already tagged @aveleir so I hope they will respond to your reply about information about lodging and logistics in Jacksonville.
That limbo time between knowing there’s a transplant ahead and the exact dates makes it tough for planning. But once you get a firm date, all the proverbial duckies start lining up and things move along quickly. It’s the waiting that’s the worst.
One of the big hurdles for your husband has been cleared. Congratulations to him with having donor cells from his son already secured and frozen.
When you’re ready to get started, there are quite a few references I can give you for what to expect with the transplant, packing for long stays, etc.. There are a growing number of members in the forum who have had Allogenic BMTs and more than willing to help you in any way we can.
Do you have any specific questions about the transplant?